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Jane Zhang

Failing to freelance in data visualization

After freelancing in data visualization for a little over a year, I decided to call it quits. I reflect on what went wrong and what you…

Jan 24, 2022

Failing to freelance in data visualization

Jan 24, 2022

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UX Collective

Why I’m finally learning to draw

I’ve hit a roadblock in my dataviz creative process, so I set on a journey to learn how to draw. I embark on this new challenge motivated…

May 15, 2021

A closeup of my hand drawing on a sketchbook. In the sketchbook are 3D boxes I am practicing.

May 15, 2021

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Nightingale

How Tekken ReInvented My Data Visualization Design Process

Engaging the community around this fighting game challenged me to rethink my approach to creating data viz

Sep 3, 2020

Josie Rizal from Tekken 7 beside 4 cards I designed as part of the Tekken project.

Sep 3, 2020

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Nightingale

How Self-Employed Data Visualization Designers Make a Living

Interviewing four designers about how they started—and made—their careers in data visualization

Mar 31, 2020

How Self-Employed Data Visualization Designers Make a Living

Mar 31, 2020

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Bootcamp

Case study: Redesigning a Korean food menu with data visualization

How can the ordering experience be improved with data visualization?

Mar 23, 2020

An addition to the menu was highlighting the menu items I assumed were popular items.

Mar 23, 2020

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Nightingale

How I Quit My Full-Time Job To Pursue a Freelance Career in Data Visualization

The pros and cons: what I’ve learned in the first four months

Dec 9, 2019

Image of my desk when I worked at Kantar. I took the photo on my last day there.

Dec 9, 2019

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The Startup

Redefining Travel Guides with Data Visualization

I was planning a trip a couple months ago and struggled to plan it by myself. Trying to work within a budget, I did a lot of research on…

Sep 13, 2019

Redefining Travel Guides with Data Visualization

Sep 13, 2019

Unzipped Toronto: Reviewing the Exhibit’s Information Design

The Unzipped exhibit by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) visited Toronto in the fall of 2018. It was a very photogenic exhibit and the pavilion…

Jan 21, 2019

Unzipped Toronto: Reviewing the Exhibit’s Information Design

Jan 21, 2019

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Prototypr

How IKEA Allows Us to Dream: Reviewing the 2019 IKEA Canada Catalogue

Discretion: the following analysis is my opinion alone. I was not endorsed to write this and it was completely out of appreciation and…

Dec 18, 2018

How IKEA Allows Us to Dream: Reviewing the 2019 IKEA Canada Catalogue

Dec 18, 2018

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Swap Language

The Delights and Frustrations of Learning Chinese Characters

How I Started to Learn Chinese as a Second Generation Canadian

Sep 14, 2018

The Delights and Frustrations of Learning Chinese Characters

Sep 14, 2018

Jane Zhang

Jane Zhang

Data Visualization Designer. I provide a new perspective on how to see and understand the world. janezhang.ca

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